Odites meloxantha

Odites meloxantha
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Depressariidae
Genus: Odites
Species: O. meloxantha
Binomial name
Odites meloxantha
Meyrick, 1927

Odites meloxantha is a moth in the Depressariidae family. It was described by Meyrick in 1927. It is found in Zimbabwe.[1][2]

The wingspan is about 17 mm. The forewings are ochreous-yellow, rather deeper towards the base. The stigmata are black, the plical minute, obliquely beyond the first discal. There is a pre-marginal series of small grey dots around the apex and termen to the dorsum before the tornus. The hindwings are whitish-ochreous.[3]

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